June 25, 2025|Jeff Davis
Below you will find hyperlinks to various federal government documents relating to the development of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act of 2021.
Biden Administration Proposal
- White House fact sheet on the American Jobs Plan
- USDOT Budget Highlights for FY 2022 (see pages 9-20)
- ETW analysis: Budget (Finally) Shows Full Scope of Biden’s American Jobs Plan (May 30, 2021)
Senate Bill
Environment and Public Works Committee Components
- Base text of initial draft bill
- Section-by-section summary of draft bill
- Funding authorization table for draft bill
- FHWA estimates of formula apportionments under draft bill
- Carper-Capito-Cardin-Cramer amendment in the nature of a substitute (ANS) for draft bill
- Amendments to ANS filed for committee markup
- Transcript of committee markup session, including text of amendments agreed to at committee markup
- Bill text of S. 1931, as reported by the committee
- (Text of S. 1931, as reported, incorporated as Division A of Senate Amendment 2137)
Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee Components
- Bill text of S. 2016, as introduced
- Section-by-section summary of S. 2016, as introduced
- Funding authorization table for draft bill
- Cantwell-Wicker amendment in the nature of a substitute (ANS) for draft bill
- Text of amendments to the ANS adopted in full committee markup
- Bill text of S. 2016, as ordered reported by the committee
- (Text of S. 2016, as ordered reported, incorporated with modifications as Division B of Senate Amendment 2137)
Consolidated Senate Substitute
- Two-page framework agreement supported by 20 bipartisan Senators (June 18, 2021)
- Slightly more detailed funding outline released by the bipartisan “Gang of Ten” Senators on June 24, 2021
- Text of Sinema-Portman Amendment 2137 (to H.R. 3684), the text of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act proposed on August 1, 2021
- Summary of SA 2137 from the Gang of Ten (127 pages)
- Congressional Budget Office score of SA 2137
- White House Statement of Administration Policy in support of SA 2137
- Congressional Record transcripts of Senate floor debate – July 21, July 28, July 29, July 30, August 1, August 2, August 3, August 4, August 5, August 7, August 8, August 9, and August 10, 2021.
- Text of H.R. 3684 as amended and passed by the Senate (August 10, 2021)
Final Action
- Congressional Record transcripts of House floor debate on the motion that the House accept the Senate version of the bill without change – September 27, September 28, October 1, and November 5, 2021
- C-SPAN video of IIJA bill signing ceremony (November 15, 2021)
- Transcript of President Biden’s remarks at bill signing ceremony (November 15, 2021)
- Executive Order 14052 – Implementation of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (November 15, 2021)
- Text of Public Law 117-58
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